Wonderful News!

Woo!

Or, to put it another way: did you notice that I changed the quote on the top of the blog?

Here it is:
Plato, Symposium (206c5-8):
ἡ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς καὶ γυναικὸς συνουσία τόκος ἐστίν.
ἔστι δὲ τοῦτο θεῖον τὸ πρᾶγμα, καὶ τοῦτο ἐν θνητῷ
ὄντι τῷ ζῴῳ ἀθάνατον ἔνεστιν, ἡ κύησις καὶ ἡ γέννησις

when a man and a woman come together in order to give birth,
this is a godly affair. Pregnancy, reproduction—this is
an immortal thing for a mortal animal to do*

Seriously amazing stuff.

Really growing too—here she or he is on July 12th:


And here's 11 August:

Love that leg! And in the one on top of this post (also from August 11th)—that little hand!

Can't wait to see her or him on (or around) February 19th!

All right, reader. Guess that about covers it.

In the meantime, we're off to monitor some marmots!
See you soon.

*Translated by Alexander Nehamas and Paul Woodruff (Hackett, 1989).

Westland Manor

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Well, reader, what do you think?

Here are some photos from the ad for the apartment we'll be moving into in (gulp) about three weeks:

Probably won't look quite so ornate when we're in there, but we're really excited.

Great location too—just a few blocks up the hill from our current apartment.

(Note: those stairs are in the lobby, not in the apartment.)

Well, I hope you like it!

Oh, and let me know if you feel like helping out & carrying some boxes :)

What We're Watching

Film Socialisme, the newest movie by Jean-Luc Godard, got one or two strong reviews, so we took a look.

And now, I can confidently report that, well, we saw it. Parts of it were very pretty. Most of it didn't seem to make much sense (and the pidgin, mostly nouns, all caps subtitles didn't help a whole lot). There's some missing gold, some European history, and some children who might be about to declare their candidacy for the French presidency (or maybe not?).

Still interested? Apparently Godard himself posted this high-speed version online—the entire movie in only 4 and a half minutes!

Honestly, the experience of watching that is quite close to the experience of the movie at a 'normal' speed.

On the other side of just about everything, I've been watching MTV! For the first time in like years! We'd heard that Awkward was worth a look, and I definitely agree.

Awkward. - MTV Shows

Funny, clever, with good acting and even some character development. I really like some of Godard's stuff, but in this particular case I'm not afraid to say that my heart is with MTV.

Let the Weekend Begin!

What are you up to, this weekend, reader? We might see another movie in Cal Anderson Park, thanks to Three Dollar Bill Outdoor Cinema. This week: Labyrinth!

Also hoping to get a hike in, just to make sure we're in decent shape for our upcoming marmot monitoring.

Not sure where we're headed yet, but maybe one of the spots from the story about wildflower hikes in last week's Seattle Times.

Went on a nice sunny hike last weekend, speaking of. Kachess Ridge. Even had a nice little tower (or is it a beacon?) on top of the ridge:


Great views up there too!


Oh, but before we leave the week behind, how about a quiz? These New Yorker quizes are quick and pretty fun, even if I had to make some lucky guesses in order to get to 50%...

All right, reader—have a great weekend!